On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 11:42:59AM +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote: > There is a need for userspace applications to open USB devices directly, > for all the USB devices without a kernel-level class driver[1], and > implemented in user-space. > > As not all devices are built equal, we want to be able to revoke > access to those devices whether it's because the user isn't at the > console anymore, or because the web browser, or sandbox doesn't want > to allow access to that device. > > This commit implements the internal API used to revoke access to USB > devices, given either bus and device numbers, or/and a user's > effective UID. > > Signed-off-by: Bastien Nocera <hadess@xxxxxxxxxx> > > [1]: > Non exhaustive list of devices and device types that need raw USB access: > - all manners of single-board computers and programmable chips and > devices (avrdude, STLink, sunxi bootloader, flashrom, etc.) > - 3D printers > - scanners > - LCD "displays" > - user-space webcam and still cameras > - game controllers > - video/audio capture devices > - sensors > - software-defined radios > - DJ/music equipment > - protocol analysers > - Rio 500 music player We can't take "footnotes" after a signed-off-by line, you know this :(
